There's a lamp shining bright in a cabin   In a window it's shinin' for me   And I know that my mother is prayin'   For the boy she is longing to see      When it's lamplighting time I can see her   As she rocks in her chair to and fro   But I know that I'll never more see her   'Cause she's gone to a good place I know      Oh, see lights up her lamp and sits waiting   For she knows not the crime that I've done   But I'll change all my ways and I'll meet her   Up in Heaven when life's race is run      When it's lamplighting time in the valley   And in dreams I go back to my home   I can see that old lamp in the window   It will guide me where ever I roam